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Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Publishers Weekly
: Economist Levitt and journalist Dubner capitalize on their megaselling Freakonomics with ...More Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende Publishers Weekly: Allende expands her geographical boundaries in this sprawling, engrossing historical novel flavo...More No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row. by Kuklin, Susan. School Library Journal
: Starred Review. Gr 9 Up—Kuklin tells five stories here; four are about young men who ...More Tiger Moon by Michaelis, Antonia. Publishers Weekly
: In her U.S. debut, Michaelis tells a sweeping story about a thief-turned-hero named Farhad, who ...More Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg School Library Journal
: Gr 1-3 Given a talented and aggressive imagination, even the challenge of as cliche-worn a ...More Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo Publishers Weekly
: The author of Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tiger Rising here shifts gears, demonstrating her ve...More The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy School Library Journal
: Gr 4-8-Who wouldn't want the ability to undo a mistake, an accident, or even a tragedy, aft...More Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt Library Journal
: In recent years, our literary neighbors to the north have produced a wide array of fine fiction. N...More The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver Library Journal
: Diego Rivera's mural in Mexico's Palacio Nationale was only half complete the day young Ha...More Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser Library Journal
: This story of a 19th-century New York entrepreneur by the author of Edwin Mullhouse (LJ 8/15/72) b...More In the Rain With Baby Duck by Amy Hest School Library Journal: Gr 5-9-Gloria Whelan (Homeless Bird) offers an insider's view of tsarist Russia and the Russ...More The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean Publishers Weekly: Symone, 14, narrates McCaughrean's (Peter Pan in Scarlet) tale about the trip of a lif...More In the Time of the Drums by Kim L. Siegelson and Brian Pinkney Publishers Weekly
: Siegelsons (The Terrible, Wonderful Tellin at Hog Hammock) lyrical retelling of a Gullah legend ...More Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith This 2008 novel is a gripping murder mystery set against the grim background of Stalinist Soviet Union, mainly post-WW II. It explores the toll the C...More |
